Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries Asks GOP To Loosen The Reins In The House – By Jonathan Nicholson (Huffpost) / Oct 6, 2023
In an op-ed for The Washington Post, the House’s top Democrat argued Republicans should admit they need the help.
The top Democrat in the House said Friday that Republicans should realize they need help to run the chamber, and should allow noncontroversial bills to come to the floor as the GOP deals with its internal strife.
“[T]he rules of the House should reflect the inescapable reality that Republicans are reliant on Democratic support to do the basic work of governing. A small band of extremists should not be capable of obstructing that cooperation,” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) wrote in an op-ed in the Washington Post.
The plea is unlikely to work, however, given both the history of the House and the current Capitol environment, where House Republicans are at least as angry at Democrats as they are at a group of dissidents in their own party for taking down former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
Two candidates have announced their intention to replace McCarthy: Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the current second-ranking House Republican, and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). Another, Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), has said he’s considering getting into the race.
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